Novel Romance is an art-house

Art film

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 romantic comedy

Romantic Comedy

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 2006

2006 in film

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 film directed by Emily Skopov in her feature film directorial debut. It stars Traci Lords

Traci Lords

Traci Lords , also known as Traci Elizabeth Lords and Tracy Lords, is an American film actress, producer, film director, writer and singer...

, Paul Johansson

Paul Johansson

Paul Joseph Otto Johansson is an American-born Canadian actor, writer and director, best known for playing Dan Scott on the WB/CW television series, One Tree Hill, and for his role as Nick Wolfe on the short lived Highlander: The Series spin-off Highlander: The Raven...

 and Sherilyn Fenn

Sherilyn Fenn

Sherilyn Fenn is an American actress and filmmaker. She came to international attention for her performance as Audrey Horne on the 1990 cult TV series Twin Peaks...

. The film was shot in 2004 in Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA, and premiered on October 8, 2006, at the 2nd Annual LA Femme Film Festival.

Plot

The film follows Max Normane, a successful literary editor, who wants to have a child alone. She offers to publish Jake Buckley (Paul Johansson), a struggling writer, in exchange for his sperm for artificial insemination.

Cast

• Traci Lords
  Traci Lords
  Traci Lords , also known as Traci Elizabeth Lords and Tracy Lords, is an American film actress, producer, film director, writer and singer...
  
   as Max Normane
• Paul Johansson
  Paul Johansson
  Paul Joseph Otto Johansson is an American-born Canadian actor, writer and director, best known for playing Dan Scott on the WB/CW television series, One Tree Hill, and for his role as Nick Wolfe on the short lived Highlander: The Series spin-off Highlander: The Raven...
  
   as Jake Buckley
• Sherilyn Fenn
  Sherilyn Fenn
  Sherilyn Fenn is an American actress and filmmaker. She came to international attention for her performance as Audrey Horne on the 1990 cult TV series Twin Peaks...
  
   as Liza Normane Stewart
• Mariette Hartley
  Mariette Hartley
  Mary Loretta "Mariette" Hartley is an American character actress.-Personal life:Hartley was born in Weston, Connecticut, the daughter of Mary Ickes “Polly” , a manager and saleswoman, and Paul Hembree Hartley, an account executive. Her maternal grandfather was psychologist John B...
  
   as Marty McCall
• Jacqueline Piñol as Isabelle
• Mikaila Baumel as Four-Year-Old Emma
• Pia Artesona  as Rita Ramirez
• Tony Lee as Todd

Festivals

Novel Romance has been selected to screen at the following film festivals:

• 2006 LA Femme Film Festival (October 8, 2006)
• 2007 Other Venice Film Festival (March 17, 2007)
• 2007 Anthology Film Archives New Filmmakers Series (June 27, 2007)

Awards

LA Femme Film Festival

2007: won Honorable Mention for Ouststanding Achievement – Emily Skopov